What is MyCREST? MyCREST stands for Malaysian Carbon Reduction and Environment Sustainability Tool. MyCREST delineates the strategies and green elements thus acts as a guide to all stakeholders of the construction industry in adopting sustainable development practices. MyCREST calculates and quantifies the actual carbon emission at every stage of a building life cycle. This tool aims to guide, assist, quantify and thereby reduce the built environment’s impact in of reduced carbon emissions and other environmental sound practices. MyCREST integrates socioeconomic considerations related to the built environment and urban development.
MyCREST Tools MyCREST essentialy combines three basic tools to construct a ‘scoring plan’, which is then used to assess a building for certification. The tools are: 1. MyCREST Scorecard 2. MyCREST Carbon Calculator 3. MyCREST Reference Guidelines Each tool is the basis of rating for each phase of the project. MyCREST awards different star rating to the different phases of a project and awards an overall star rating. In this way, all three phases of the project namely the Design, Construction and Operation & Maintenance are being assessed
MyCREST Certification MyCREST states that every development can subscribe to three types of certification awarded at each stage of the Design, Construction and Operation & Maintenance stage The categories of Certification is as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Provisional Design Certification Design and Construction Certification Design, Construction and Operation & Maintenance Certification Operation & Maintenance Certification